British Rowing Beach Sprint Championships
The 2025 British Rowing Beach Sprint Championships will take place from 30-31 August in Bournemouth.
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30-31 August 2025 | Bournemouth, Dorset
Key Documents (2024)
Notice of Competition (entries closed at 15:00 on Monday, 29 July 2024)
Entries list (as at 4 August 2024)
Competitor Instructions (version 1.0)
Schedule – Saturday (version 1.0)
Schedule – Sunday (version 2.0)
Start Order (version 1.0)
Results
2024 British Champions
| Event | Champion |
|---|---|
| Coastal Open Solo | S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC) |
| Coastal Women’s Solo | L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) |
| Coastal Open Student Solo | H Flowerdew (Tynemouth RC) |
| Coastal Women’s Student Solo | I Lancaster (Bradford ARC) |
| Coastal Open U19 Solo | Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC) |
| Coastal Women’s U19 Solo | Z Gray (Lympington ARC) |
| Coastal Open Double Sculls | H Hall (Stirling RC) and C Buchan (Edinburgh University) |
| Coastal Women’s Double Sculls | L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and H Gordon (Inverness RC) |
| Coastal Mixed Double Sculls | L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC) |
| Coastal Mixed U19 Double Sculls | S Ormston and Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC) |
- Event:
- Coastal Open Solo
- Champion:
- S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s Solo
- Champion:
- L McKenzie (University of Glasgow)
- Event:
- Coastal Open Student Solo
- Champion:
- H Flowerdew (Tynemouth RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s Student Solo
- Champion:
- I Lancaster (Bradford ARC)
- Event:
- Coastal Open U19 Solo
- Champion:
- Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s U19 Solo
- Champion:
- Z Gray (Lympington ARC)
- Event:
- Coastal Open Double Sculls
- Champion:
- H Hall (Stirling RC) and C Buchan (Edinburgh University)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s Double Sculls
- Champion:
- L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and H Gordon (Inverness RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Mixed Double Sculls
- Champion:
- L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Mixed U19 Double Sculls
- Champion:
- S Ormston and Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC)
Beach Sprints 101
What are Beach Sprints?
The Beach Sprint format is ideal for agile and skilled scullers with a performance background, from either coastal or river rowing.
It starts with a sprint on the beach for one person from each crew. After entering the boat, the boat slaloms around buoys, turns around and rows straight back to the beach before one of the crew exits the boat and runs to the finish line.
Coastal Glossary of Terms
Did you know that in coastal rowing, ‘singles’ are called ‘solos’?
Classifications follow the same lines as river rowing classifications do. ‘C’ stands for Coastal!
| Classification | Explanation |
|---|---|
| WC 1x | Women’s Coastal Solo |
| MxC 2x | Mixed Coastal Doubles |
| OC 1x | Open Coastal Solo |
| OCMas 4x+ | Open Coastal Masters Coxed Quad Sculls |
- Classification:
- WC 1x
- Explanation:
- Women’s Coastal Solo
- Classification:
- MxC 2x
- Explanation:
- Mixed Coastal Doubles
- Classification:
- OC 1x
- Explanation:
- Open Coastal Solo
- Classification:
- OCMas 4x+
- Explanation:
- Open Coastal Masters Coxed Quad Sculls
Want to give beach sprints or coastal sculling go? Find out which clubs and organisations offer beach sprint and coastal sculling, or contact one of the network of Coastal Sculling Academies – centres of excellence based at rowing clubs and other locations where you can learn and develop beach sprint and coastal sculling skills.
Further information (2024)
Accommodation
Accommodation is available at the University of St Andrews.
Individual competitors can book directly here.
For group bookings, please email [email protected].
About St Andrews Beach
St Andrews Beach is famous as the location for the opening scenes of the film Chariots of Fire. This stunning beach extends for almost two miles of uninterrupted golden sand, backed with dunes and the world-renowned golf course.
See also the British Coastal Championships for endurance coastal sculling races.
Volunteers
At British Rowing we rely on our amazing volunteers to make our events a success. We are always on the look out for people who want to help out – no rowing experience is required and everyone is welcome.
Please email us if you can help at [email protected].
Retail Village 2024
Each of our Championship events has a retail village for boats, blades, clothing, gifts and more. If you are interested in booking a pitch, please just email James Lee for details.
